I use the free version, so not sure about the paid version, but I just figure it out in my head. My wife and I have been doing keto diet now for 2 weeks, I love it, I think she tolerates it because she is seeing results. The best thing is that we are both doing it together, because it's hard on a family when one person is doing something special for eating and others are not. I am leaning towards not thinking of keto as a diet anymore rather a lifestyle, that even after I get the weight loss I want, I'll keep eating this way. Why? Because I have found that I can eat, or at least get the taste that I want of nearly anything out there eating keto. There are literally thousands of recipes out there on the world wide web and if not just get inventive with a deconstructed version of what you want to eat. I wasn't eating wheat before hand anyway, because I read 'Wheat Belly' book. My wife was, and loves pasta so it's a big struggle for her.

On the main page...there are Announcements. Stickies. Very valuable reading. Go to:
"Announcements", Look for and click on "Start Here The Launch Pad", click on "FAQs", then "Which is it? Total or net". Scroll down and you will see a couple of scripts that can be installed.

I've not installed them. I just used MFP "settings" and have my diary page set up Calories, Carbs, Fiber, Proteins, Fats and would mentally subtract fiber from carbs if I were a net carb counter. When on the app, the food diary page doesn't change to the categories I've personally chosen but the total day or week Carbs and Fiber can be viewed under Nutrition (as @xerogs1 stated above).

Be wary of incorrect database entries. Thousands of them...but then hundreds of thousands of items in the database.

I use the iPhone app. From the diary screen, I tap the "banner" at top that lists the calorie totals for the day. That takes you to another screen, with "nutrition" option in the middle. Tap on that. You can change the info for daily total or weekly average. Scroll down to total carbs, and fiber is the next line down. Easy to subtract and find your net total for the day (or weekly avg if you want)

You can go either way: net or total carbs. If you are like me, and go by total carbs, you could just put your carb total higher to account for your typical fiber intake. So if you wanted 30 net carbs, you could set your carbs at 40.... Or something like that.

Welcome to the group.

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Also, just note that the nutritionist who invented/coined the Net Carb concept was specifically referring to vegetables. So don't be afraid to eat lots of veggies, don't shy away from them because of their carb count. You can log them as net if it helps you feel better. For example, you can type "avocado net carbs" into the food search.

It's when you start eating processed food (especially those marketed toward low carb diets) that it gets tricky, as companies add fiber to the product to lower the Net Carb count, but that's not how it works. For example, you can't just toss some Metamucil into your cake batter to lower the carbs!

I personally log everything as total carbs except for veggies. Veggies I count as net so that I can fit more of them into my day. It's entirely psychological but it works for me.

I'll second this answer. Don't believe the package info. Veggies (non-root. .. Be careful with carrots, potatoes, etc) are the way to go for any carbs. I take psyllium husk and don't count the carbs from that but you never know how accurate a label is. Eat real food as much as possible ( meat, cheese heavy cream, broccoli, greens, cabbage, avacado, butter, oil).

Amazon has all of these.